The South Aisle

The wooden panels on the south wall were originally part of a pew for the Wombwell family, whose emblem was the unicorn, which also features on the ceiling above.

Opposite the wooden panels is a pew which bears the arms of the Bosvilles and is over 500 years old. This may have been the site of a significant tomb at an earlier stage, note the double vaulted roof, carved pillar edge and hinge pin for a gate to the tomb area.

Further along the south wall is the Window and memorial for the son of a former rector, killed in France in 1915, together with his original wooden cross.

“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matthew 16 v26

Lord , in this busy world where there is so much emphasis on money and material things, help me to pause a while with you and get my priorities right again.

Transcribers needed

We are starting on an exciting new project to create a Burial Ground Management System with the help of Atlantic Geomatics Ltd. Atlantic Geomatics have already created an accurate plan of our churchyard including all headstones and trees. We have now photographed all our burial registers and uploaded them onto the new system. The next action is to transcribe these burial registers into the system so that details can then be matched up headstones and a search facility created. Further enhancements would then follow.

So....we are now need volunteers to transcribe the burial registers. We already have a number of willing volunteers but can always use more. The work can be done anywhere and by anyone so long as they have access to the internet and the ability to type in details. The photographs of the burial register come up on screen together with the boxes to be completed for transcribing. Even if you are reading this in Australia you can still join in.